Lanett vs Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Lanett and Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Lanett and Valley are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Valley has the higher population (10,406 vs 6,854 in Lanett). Valley has the higher median household income ($55,422 vs $42,415 in Lanett). Valley has the higher median home value ($130,500 vs $98,700 in Lanett).

Population, income & housing

	Lanett	Valley
Population	6,854	10,406
Median age	38.8 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$42,415	$55,422
Median home value	$98,700	$130,500
Median gross rent	$785	$1,024
Housing units	2,927	4,881
Homeownership rate	62.7%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	12.6%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lanett	Valley
Population	6,271 → 6,854 (+9.3%)	9,286 → 10,406 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$34,363 → $42,415 (+23.4%)	$47,747 → $55,422 (+16.1%)
Median home value	$107,600 → $98,700 (-8.3%)	$88,700 → $130,500 (+47.1%)
Median gross rent	$726 → $785 (+8.1%)	$799 → $1,024 (+28.2%)

Lanett

Population

6,2716,854

Median household income

$34,363$42,415

Median home value

$107,600$98,700

Median gross rent

$726$785

Valley

Population

9,28610,406

Median household income

$47,747$55,422

Median home value

$88,700$130,500

Median gross rent

$799$1,024

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lanett	Valley
Under 5	6.6%	8.0%
5 to 17	17.4%	16.7%
18 to 24	8.3%	11.7%
25 to 34	13.4%	18.6%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.4%	9.8%
55 to 64	14.6%	10.9%
65 to 74	12.4%	5.9%
75 and over	4.8%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lanett	Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	17.8%	56.1%
Black or African American	68.3%	37.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.2%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lanett	Valley
No high school diploma	21.3%	12.6%
High school graduate	40.0%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lanett	Valley
Drove alone	83.6%	87.3%
Carpooled	9.0%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	3.6%
Other means	1.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lanett	Valley
1-unit, detached	80.1%	63.2%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	14.4%
20 or more units	3.9%	14.6%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Lanett	Valley
Poverty rate	16.3%	14.4%
Average household size	2.82	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1965	1979